How Do I Put An Office Chair Together?

If you’ve bought an office chair from an online retailer chances are that it will be unassembled to make shipping easier.

Having said that, better quality chairs are usually shipped ready built.

In case you do need to assemble your chair, what will be involved?

Begin by checking to see if there are any assembly instructions included, if not visit the supplier’s website or ring customer service.

If you still have no luck, don’t worry it’s generally pretty simple.

Usually, the 5 star base needs to be connected to the gas lift post and that in turn connects to the underside of the chair seat.

You will normally find that the pneumatic lift post has tapered ends. The wide end goes in the 5 star base and narrow end in the chair seat bottom.

They are usually push fit components, so once located just press down firmly on the seat with your knee, or sit in the seat heavily to force them together.

Chairs that come with arms may need to be fitted and as a rule are held on with bolts or large screws. Make sure you do them up tightly with the correct tool.

The last job is to fit the office chair casters to the base. Generally, they just press into holes in the chair’s base, push them firmly to make sure they are properly located.